Cibao
The Cibao ( ), usually referred as El Cibao, is a cultural and administrative region of the Dominican Republic located in the northern part of the country. As of 2017, the Cibao region has a population of 3,450,875 million, making it the second most populous region in the country.
Key facts
- Dependency.name
- Cibao Region
- Dependency.official_name
- Cibao Macroregion
- Dependency.settlement_type
- Cultural Region
- Dependency.linking_name
- Cibao
- Dependency.seal_size
- 70px
- Dependency.image_map
- ELCIBAO.png
- Dependency.subdivision_type
- Sovereign state
- Dependency.subdivision_name
- Dominican Republic
- Dependency.established_title
- Subdivision of theSpanish Empire
- Dependency.established_date
- 1492
- Dependency.established_title2
- Department of French First Republic
- Dependency.established_date2
- 1795
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The Cibao ( ), usually referred as El Cibao, is a cultural and administrative region of the Dominican Republic located in the northern part of the country. As of 2017, the Cibao region has a population of 3,450,875 million, making it the second most populous region in the country.
The region has its own cultural identity, it forms a "macroregion of development"; with a large industrial base and high levels of progress among its inhabitants, it has high levels of education and the highest quality of life among the three main regions of the Dominican Republic. The Cibao is characterized socioculturally by the overwhelming predominance of the European legacy, (predominantly Spanish and French) and economically by being the most prosperous region of the country.
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